Second, the bank called and told me I would have to keep up with my car payments or I might lose the car.
其次银行通知我得继续支付小汽车的贷款,否则我将会失去小汽车。
and found our then prevailing primitive state completely uninteresting to their own advanced knowledge.
并且发现我们地球当时普遍存在着的原始状态同他们先进的知识相比是索然无味的。